Congupna Football Club Last updated August 24, 2025 Australian rules football and netball club
Australian rules football club
Congupna Football & Netball Club Full name Congupna Football & Netball Club Nickname(s) "The Road" Leading goalkicker Chris Drum (126) - 1978 Founded 1956; years ago (1956 ) Colours Competition Murray Football League Coach Ben Bingham Captain(s) Daniel Schaper Premierships 8 (1956, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1978, 1991, 1993, 2024) Ground(s) Memorial Park Congupna Recreation Reserve
The Congupna Football & Netball Club , nicknamed the "The Road" Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria , that currently compete in the Murray FNL .
History A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runner-up fives times. [ 1]
Congupna Road Football Club (named after the township of the same name) was formed in 1956 and won the senior premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. From 1956 until 1961, Congupna Road participated in the colours of dark navy with a white 'CFC' monogram. Congupna Road then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962. It was at this time when the club changed its colours to red with a white 'vee'. Senior football premierships followed in 1963 & 1964.
In 1963, the word "Road" was officially dropped from the town of Congupna Road. The football club took a year to catch up after the word "Road" was removed from the town name and won a premiership in 1963 as the Congupna Road Football Club. In 1964, the club won the premiership as the Congupna Football Club.
The Benalla Tungamah Football League changed its name in 1967 to the Tungamah Football League.
Congupna won Tungamah Football League senior premierships in 1971, 1978, 1991 & 1993.
Congupna hosted the last ever Tungamah Football League Grand Final in 1995 before it changed its name to Goulburn Valley Football League - Division Two.
The club joined the Murray Football League in 1997, [ 2] making the grand final in just its second season in the competition.
At the beginning of the 2013 season, the Congupna Football Club changed to its current, more modern jumper style, red with a white 'sash'. The guernseys, still in Congupna's traditional red and white, now feature a road - complete with dotted line - as a diagonal sash.
Season 2023 saw Congupna finish in 2nd spot on the ladder after the Home & Away season and ultimately lost the Grand Final to Mulwala by 33 points, with the exact same score line as their 1998 Grand Final loss to Cobram.
The following year, 2024, Congupna won all but one match on its way to a 1 point Grand Final victory over Finley to claim their first senior football premiership in 31 years.
Club Song The official Congupna Football Club song is called "It's a Grand Old Flag" (sung to the tune of George M. Cohan 's 1906 song "You're a Grand Old Flag ").
It's a grand old flag, it's a high-flying flag,
It's the emblem for me and for you;
It's the emblem of the team we love,
The team of the Red and the White.
Every heart beats right for the Red and the White,
And we sing this song to you:
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the Red and the White.
Competition Timeline Kyabram District Football Association: [ 3] 1956 to 1961Benalla Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1962 - 1966Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1967 to 1995Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2: 1996Murray Football League: [ 5] 1997 to PresentKyabram District Football Association: [ 3] 1956 to 1961
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1956 Congupna 10.10 - 70 vs Merrigum 09.04 - 58
Benalla Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1962 - 1966
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1963 Congupna 10.09 - 69 vs Mulwala 04.11 - 35 1964 Congupna 12.15 - 87 vs Tungamah 08.14 - 62
Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1967 to 1995
1971 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1971 Congupna 16.17 - 113 vs Katandra 14.12 - 96
1978 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final Year Premiers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score Runner-Up Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score 1978 Congupna 8.4 10.6 14.2 15.16 15.16 - 106 vs Katandra 3.1 8.9 11.13 15.14 15.14 - 104 52 66 96 106 19 57 79 104
Goals
Congupna: J. Hueston 5, C. Drum 3, B. Drum 3, C. Lyle, J. Kerr, A. Bicknell, B. Phillips
Katandra: R. LeLiever 4, D. Wilkie 4, L. Burgmann 3, G. Rowan 2, R. Sidebottom, R. Kendall
Best
Congupna: G. Franze, J. Cooper, B. Phillips, A. Hueston, A. Bicknell, B. Leaf
Katandra: D. Wilkie, G. Teague, R. Sidebottom, K. Teague, C. Senior, P. Wickham
1991 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final Year Premiers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score Runner-Up Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score 1991 Congupna 2.6 3.6 5.10 6.12 06.12 - 48 vs Katandra 1.0 3.11 3.11 3.16 03.16 - 34 18 24 40 48 6 29 29 34
Goals
Congupna: P. Murray, X. Tanner, M. Simsen, P. Hicks, R. Warburton, R. Van Den Driest
Katandra: G. Teague, P. Squire, B. Fuller
Best
Congupna: X. Tanner, B. Drummond, P. Hicks, R. Van Den Driest, R. McColl, C. Bowe
Katandra: D. Bassett, W. Grinter, B. Fuller, A. Kilmartin, B. Collins, R. Sidebottom
1993 Tungamah FL Senior Grand Final Year Premiers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score Runner-Up Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score 1993 Congupna 4.3 7.9 12.11 15.12 15.12 - 102 vs Benalla All Blacks 7.3 9.4 13.5 15.7 15.07 - 97 27 51 83 102 45 58 83 97
Goals
Congupna: P. Murray 7, R. Warburton 6, D. Crowe, A. Bicknell
All Blacks: D. Sharpe 3, A. Rolls 3, A. Putt 2, P. Woods 2, J. Martiniello 2, J. Beaton, S. Coutts, S. Allen
Best
Congupna: X. Tanner, A. Woods, R. Van Den Driest, P. Storer, R. Warburton, P. Murray
All Blacks: J. Martiniello, J. Beaton, D. Wright, D. Putt, H. Davidson, L. Gilchrist
Murray Football League: [ 5] 1997 to Present
2024 Murray FL Senior Grand Final Year Premiers Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score Runner-Up Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Score 2024 Congupna 2.2 3.5 7.8 9.11 09.11 - 65 vs Finley 1.2 2.4 3.8 9.10 09.10 - 64 14 23 50 65 8 16 26 64
Goals
Congupna: J. Trewin 4, D. Schaper 2, K. Mueller 2, J. Norman
Finley: M. Carson 2, J. White, T. Lang, N Burns, Z. Brain, L. Moore, L. Hawkins, A. Robertson
Best
Congupna: S. Buxton, J. Boyer, J. Trewin, R. Damianopoulos, B. Squire, C. Boyer
Finley: L. Moore, K. Sharp, M. Carson, A. Robertson. J. White, T. Lang
Kyabram District Football Association: [ 3] 1956 to 1961
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1957 Merrigum 10.06 - 66 vs Congupna 06.06 - 42 1960 Shepparton East 11.12 - 78 vs Congupna 07.06 - 48
Benalla Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1962 - 1966
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1962 Dookie 10.07 - 67 vs Congupna 08.11 - 59 1965 Dookie 11.09 - 75 vs Congupna 07.10 - 52
Tungamah Football League: [ 4] 1967 to 1995
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1967 Wilby 11.16 - 82 vs Congupna 07.12 - 54 1975 Katandra 19.23 - 137 vs Congupna 10.13 - 73 1982 Shepparton East 18.14 - 122 vs Congupna 14.12 - 96
Murray Football League: [ 4] 1997 to Present
Year Premiers Score Runner-Up Score 1998 Cobram 14.14 - 98 vs Congupna 09.11 - 65 2023 Mulwala 14.14 - 98 vs Congupna 09.11 - 65
Benalla Tungamah Football League:
1963 - Runner-Up 1964 - Runner-Up 1965 - Premiers 1966 - Premiers Tungamah Football League:
1967 - Premiers 1969 - Runner-Up 1971 - Premiers 1972 - Runner-Up 1973 - Premiers 1974 - Premiers 1979 - Premiers 1987 - Premiers 1992 - Runner-Up 1993 - Premiers 1994 - Runner-Up 1995 - Runner-Up Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995
1967 - Premiers 1968 - Premiers 1976 - Premiers 1977 - Premiers Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
2007 - Premiers 2011 - Premiers 2012 - Premiers Tungamah Football League:
1991 - Premiers 1992 - Premiers 1995 - Runner-Up Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
2000 - Premiers 2001 - Premiers 2002 - Runner-Up 2003 - Runner-Up 2005 - Runner-Up 2009 - Premiers Kyabram District Football Association:
Benalla Tungamah Football League:
Tungamah Football League:
1980 - Damian Drum 1983 - Chris Drum 1995 - Stuart Joyce Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
Kyabram District Football Association:
1959 - Jim Baker - (106 ) - (113 including finals) 1961 - William Betson - (87 ) - (91 including finals) Benalla Tungamah Football League:
Tungamah Football League:
1978 - Chris Drum (115 ) - (126 including finals) Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
1999 - Guy Madigan - (82 ) 2021 - Daniel Campbell - (43 ) 2022 - Daniel Campbell - (61 ) - (62 including finals) 2024 - Kyle Mueller - (95 ) - (101 including finals) 2025 - Kyle Mueller - (88 ) Individual
Most Games 284 )
Most Goals (season) 126 ) - 1978
Most Goals (game) 15 ) vs Benalla All Blacks - Rd. 8, 1978
Most Goals (game) 15 ) vs Barooga - Rd.17, 2024
Club
Most Consecutive Games Won 32 ) - Rd.7, 2024 to Rd.18, 2025 (current streak)
Most Consecutive Quarters Won - (69 ) - Qtr.1, Rd.1, 2025 to Qtr.1, Rd.18, 2025
Don Dempster - 25/08/1973 - (200 games) Geoff Weppner - 09/06/1979 - (225 games) Allan Hueston - 04/07/1981 - (209 games) Chris Drum - 25/08/1984 - (284 games) Michael Gleeson - 11/08/01 - (217 games) Team of the Half-Century - 1956 to 2006 Congupna Team of the Half Century B : Don Dempster Peter Pyle Denis Smythe HB : Mick Gleeson Pat Storer Phil Stevenson C : Mark Simsen Damian Drum Gerald Farrell HF : Xavier Tanner Chris Drum (Captain) Ted Pedretti F : Ashley Bicknell Guy Madigan Alan Hueston Foll : Jock O'Conner Stuart Joyce Shaun Gordon Int : Andrew Woods John Hueston Darren Humphrey Jim Horridge Res : Bryan Leaf Ken Pettie Geoff Weppner Coach : Jock O'Conner
Tungamah Football League:
1968 1972 1977 1978 1981 1982 1984 1986 Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
Tungamah Football League:
1968 - Kerry Drum (Bourke) 1972 - Pamela Hueston 1973 - Pamela Hueston 1974 - Pamela Hueston 1975 - Pamela Hueston 1977 - Pamela Hueston 1978 - Pamela Hueston 1981 - Pamela Hueston 1982 - Pamela Hueston 1984 - Marg Tait 1986 - Tracey Wilson 1987 - Tracey Wilson 1989 - Jodi Willmott 1990 - Sue Robinson (Howard) 1992 - Helen Stevenson (Jackson) Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:
Murray Football League:
Life Members W. Roe - 1958 R. Jeffery - 1960 S.A. Phillips - 1961 J.J. Smith - 1962 J.A Phillips - 1963 J. O'Conner - 1963 M. Drum - 1964 W.A. Farrell - 1964 K. Hall - 1965 W. Drum - 1965 L. Phillips - 1965 J.N. Farrell - 1965 R. Carnie - 1966 Mrs. A. Gundrill - 1968 D. Smyth - 1971 E. Grace - 1971 D. Dempster- 1973 Mrs. P. Drum - 1978 A. Hueston - 1978 G. Weppner - 1978 G. Scott - 1978 J. Farrell - 1978 T.H. Waite - 1979 C. Moore - 1979 R.M. Phillips - 1980 H.J. Phillips - 1980 C. Drum - 1981 M. Florence - 1981 E. Lorains - 1982 C. Pickering - 1982 Mrs. P. Hueston - 1983 M. Pedretti - 1984 Mrs. J. Pickering - 1984 S. Muzzi - 1986 Mrs. M. Farrell - 1988 Mrs. P. Pedretti - 1989 P. Farrell - 1990 J. Pedretti - 1990 V. Drum - 1990 R. Wellington - 1991 B. Shillington - 1991 D. Scott - 1993 D. McColl - 1996 T. Woods - 1996 P. Pyle - 1996 K. Lancaster - 1997 B. Mason - 2000 M. Gleeson - 2001 A. Bicknell - 2003 K. Pettie - 2003 K. O'Donoughue - 2007 W. Sidebottom - 2008 H. Drum - 2008 B. Bicknell - 2010 S. Allen - 2010 R. Moon - 2010 M. Tucker - 2013 R. Cuthbert D. Gee References ↑ "1906 - GVFA - Final Ladders" . Numurkah Leader . 7 September 1906. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers. ↑ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Congupna Football Club – Stats" . australianfootball.com . Retrieved 27 November 2016 . 1 2 3 "Kyabram District Football Netball League" , Wikipedia , 13 June 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Benalla Tungamah Football League" , Wikipedia , 23 July 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025 1 2 "Murray Football Netball League" , Wikipedia , 16 July 2025, retrieved 25 July 2025 This page is based on this
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